The Record Searchlight is providing live coverage of the memorial service and activities surrounding the ceremony.

The procession through Redding is scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. from the Civic Auditorium. It will pass through the downtown, travel east on Cypress Avenue to pass in front of City Hall and then head south on Interstate 5.

The memorial service is scheduled at 1 p.m. in Red Bluff. The Record Searchlight will livestream the event on Redding.com through its Facebook page.

Join the community conversation by tweeting photos from where you are watching the procession and using the hashtag #GerryGray.

Firefighters were encouraging the public on social media to line the streets for the procession but asked mourners not to enter or attempt to cross through the procession.

The Red Bluff Fire Department was one of many agencies that participated in the procession. Gray served as that city's fire chief before coming to the Redding Fire Department. Jim Schultz/Record Searchlight

Also, there will be several temporary road closures to accommodate the large motorcade.

Among the number of vantage points in Redding to safely watch the procession as it passes are the downtown Redding parking structure along California Street and Cypress Avenue near City Hall.

After the memorial service concludes, there will be a reception. It will be at the Tyler Jelly Building inside the Tehama District Fairgrounds, 650 Antelope Blvd. in Red Bluff. The facility accommodates tables and chairs for 400.

You were one of the kindest and most generous people I've ever known. We only knew each other through Twitter and email. Your last email to me was a few days before your end of watch. Such a great man, sorely missed. #gerrygray